Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-23 | Page 14 | Britons Overshadow Oldfield's Speeding

Britons Overshadow Overshadows Overshadow's Oldfield's s 's Speeding S BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS Utah Aug 23 AP For AP-For For 17 years the name of Barney Oldfield was synonymous with speed until speed until the flying British brought their highly developed racing machines t to America t Then m in 1928 Sir Malcolm Campbell of England boosted boost boost- t C 1 1 ed the Oldfield record al all all' almost almost al- al l' l most 66 miles per hour and andin 1 tc 5 L in the last 10 years the mark Y has gone steadily up S 1 4 Today John R. R Cobb London London London Lon Lon- don don fur broker traveled miles an hour hour or or a amile amile S 'S mile in less than 10 seconds SS' Here Jere are the measured 1 mile 1911 records I l t Barney Darney Oldfield Captain Eyston mph Major Seagrave rw r w Sir 1928 Sir Malcolm CampI Campbell Campbell Camp Camp- I bell mph S 5 5 1929 Major Sir Henry S. S Seagrave Daytona Beach v. v Fla mph S 1933 Campbell Daytona t V 5 Beach mph 1935 August Campbell S' S i Daytona Beach m mph ph e I 1935 September Camp Camp- bell beU Bonneville Salt Flats V S S 'S Utah mph I 1937 Captain 1937 Captain George E. E Sir Malcolm T T. Eyston Bonneville Barney Oldfield mph v August 27 1938 Eyston 1938 Eyston Bonneville mph September 15 John 1938 John R. R Cobb Bonneville m mph ph September 16 1938 Eyston 1938 Eyston Bonneville mph August 23 1939 Cobb 1939 Cobb Bonneville m mph imph ph